Kentville, Nova Scotia

About Kentville

Kentville Weather

Today

5°C

Fri

8°C
-6°C

Sat

6°C
-5°C

Sun

6°C
-1°C

Mon

8°C
3°C
70%

Tue

5°C
-3°C

Source: Environment Canada

Downtown Kentville is like the financial district of the Annapolis Valley. It is home to a number of banks and other professional businesses such as insurance companies, law firms, and Doctor Offices. It is also the place to visit if you need some of provincial services or federal services. Access Nova Scotia handles things like the Registry of Motor Vehicles as well as the Registry of Joint Stock Companies. Along with your mail the large Post Office building also has federal services such as the Human Resource and Development Centre and Passport Office.

The shape and nature of the Cornwallis River is one of the main reasons for why Kentville is located where it is, and why it successfully grew into a commerce centre. Right at a bend in the River it was really as far as sailing ships could travel and it made a logical spot for crossing the river. Kentvilles first European settlers were, like a lot of the area, French in the early 1800's and in 1886 it was Incorporated as a town.

Today Kentville is the most populous area in the Annapolis Valley with almost 6000 people. Along with the businesses the town has also established many recreational facilities including things like an arena, various sport fields, an outdoor pool, and a great walking trail system. Kentville is also famous for their pumpkin people festival each fall. The whole town is decorated with straw people who have pumpkin heads. The creative displays always draw large crowds of people who stop to check them out. With this well balanced approach it makes sense that in 2006 Kentville was rated as the number one town to live in, out of all the other towns in Nova Scotia.